The governor of the US state of Arizona should veto a bill that would allow business services to be refused to same-sex couples and permit a “religious belief” defense in discrimination suits brought by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. If this law is passed, this would be the first in the United States […]

Texas has now join the 17th states and the District of Columbia on Wednesday February 27th , in allowing gay couples to legally marry, after a federal judge struck down the state’s nine-year-old amendment banning same-sex nuptials. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia, an appointee of President Clinton, issued a preliminary injunction on the ban, then […]

Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Norfolk said that “Our Constitution declares that ‘all men’ are created equal,”. “Surely this means all of us.” This past Thursday evening a Virgina federal judge declared same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, in the strongest legal reversal yet of […]

These privileges will be extended to same-sex couples even in states that do not recognize their marriages as long as they were legally married in another state. “While the immediate effect is that all gay married couples will be treated equally under the law, the long-term effects are more profound,” said Fred Saintz, vice president […]

IPBA Legal News Brief On June 26th, the U.S. Supreme Court reached a decision in the case of Windsor v. United States, effectively striking down §3 of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which denied federal benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married in the states in which they reside. President Obama has […]

What same-sex couples should know about taxes? Since 2013, 18 states had legalized same sex marriages. For the first same-sex couples, they can file Federal Income Tax national wide as “married couple” status. This is making it possible because the Federal government recognized their legal marital status and regardless whether or not their respective states […]

Attention Businesspeople: Treaty Trader and Investor Work Visas By Attorney Joseph E. Ching US Immigration Laws and Procedures are some of the most complex processes in the world. With categories of visas ranging from A to Z, the number of visas available is incredible. An important visa that all international businesspersons should know about is […]

House Republican leaders on Thursday unveiled a list of standards for an immigration reform plan that would allow unlawful immigrants to remain in the United States if they meet certain standards and requirements. Many of this immigrants pay indirect taxes every time they purchase something, sometimes they even use a tax ID number to pay […]

Attorney General Mark Herring has concluded that the state of Virginia’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and he will no longer defend it in federal lawsuits. Eight more attorneys in other states could soon join him. When Mark Herring, the attorney general of Virginia announced on Wednesday that the states ban on gay marriage […]

Hawaii has become the LGBT wedding destination. The Hawaii state Senate has passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Legislators passed the bill this past Tuesday during a special session, and Gov. Neil Abercrombie has said he will sign it. This will allow thousands of same-sex couples living in Hawaii and even more tourists to marry in […]

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